FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020
JOINT STATEMENT FROM LOEFFLER, PERDUE ON OPPOSITION TO RENAMING ATLANTA BRAVES
ATLANTA – Following Cleveland’s decision to rename the Indians baseball team, Senators Loeffler and Perdue issued the following statement opposing any effort to rename the Atlanta Braves:
“We adamantly oppose any effort to rename the Atlanta Braves, one of our state’s most storied and successful sports franchises. Not only are the Braves a Georgia institution — with a history spanning 54 years in Atlanta — they’re an American institution. The Braves’ name honors our nation’s Native American heritage, which should not be erased — and under no circumstances should one of the most celebrated teams in sports cave to the demands of the cancel culture and the radical left.”
